#8f377d

Color #8f377d

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Purple #800080 · ΔE 21.45 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-800 #8a0194 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f377d

RGB

rgb(143, 55, 125)

HSL

hsl(312.3, 44.4%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312.3, 61.5%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 12.6%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(37.94, 45.84, -21.58)

LCH

lch(37.94, 50.67, 334.79)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.1461, 336.4)

HWB

hwb(312.3, 21.6%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#378f49

Analogous

#75378f

#8f377d

#8f3751

Triadic

#8f377d

#7d8f37

#377d8f

Split-complementary

#8f377d

#518f37

#378f75

Tetradic

#8f377d

#8f4937

#378f49

#377d8f

Square

#8f377d

#8f7537

#378f49

#37518f

Shades

Color #8f377d mixed toward black.

#772e68

#5f2553

#471c3e

#30122a

#180915

Tints

Color #8f377d mixed toward white.

#b4459e

#c569b2

#d48ec5

#e2b4d9

#f1d9ec

Tones

Color #8f377d mixed toward gray.

#883e79

#804674

#794d70

#72546c

#6a5c67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737371 · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#777d6e · ΔE 39.7

Tritanopia

#8c6663 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f377d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f377d]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#8f377d (#8f377d) is rgb(143, 55, 125) in RGB.

No, #8f377d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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